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    Indigenous People

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    Indigenous People Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world‚ there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ by immigrating groups of individuals‚ and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia‚ Brazil and South America‚ and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own

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    Hinduism and Shiva

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    Trimurti literally means‚ “having three forms”‚ and refers to the gods Brahma‚ Vishnu‚ and Shiva. In Hinduism‚ the Trimurti reveals concepts of birth‚ life‚ and death and represents the Supreme Being. The Trimurti is portrayed as a three-headed figure with the faces and qualities of the three gods. This three-headed figure represents creation‚ preservation‚ and destruction‚ which are unified together to symbolize one Supreme Being. These three gods are equally essential for all aspects of life because

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    State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in

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    Task 2 The Indigenous people – they are the holders of unique languages‚ knowledge and beliefs and of practices for use of natural resources. In addition‚ they have a special relation to their traditional land. Their land has a fundamental importance for their cultural survival for them as a people. Indigenous people hold their own diverse concepts of development. The development is based on their own traditional values‚ visions‚ needs and priorities. At least this is how it used to be for the

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    Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions

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    Indigenous Health

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    “This is the welfare generation‚ and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse; I believe‚ than the stolen generation‚ because we are literally losing thousands and thousands of our indigenous brothers and sisters to the effect of welfare- drugs‚ gunja‚ low morale‚ alcoholism. I see it every day and it can stop. The solution is education‚ training and a guaranteed opportunity.” – Andrew Forrest Andrew Forrest suggests that aboriginal Australians are worse off now

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    ruled by Europeans‚ but it is not true‚ since slavery has always existed and always will‚ especially in indigenous women’s cases‚ one of the most hardworking women society ever existed. This is what my paper is based on: Indigenous Women’s Right and the Effects of Colonization. This topic was chosen because it is sad to see how women were badly treated in the older generations‚ in the indigenous world as well as how today their lifestyle has not improved‚ but has worsen tremendously over a short lap

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    Who are Indigenous People? One of the main issues that was raised by the World Heritage Committee concerning the initiative of WHIPCOE in the 25th COM Helsinki was the definition of Indigenous Peoples. (UNESCO‚ 2002) in fact‚ defining the term “Indigenous People” has not only been a challenge but also a deliberate decision in favor of the desire of Indigenous Peoples. According to the Manual United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples‚ part1‚ Chapter 1‚ a strict definition was

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    Introduction The term indigenous has caused controversy across the world as some people see it an offensive name to describe people‚ the name is not the only thing that has caused a controversy also the people that this name applies to. Hence there have been many definitions of this word to try and make it more euphemism. Kuper (2003) agrees that this term causes a lot of debate. He argues that however most people prefer the word indigenous because it’s more euphemism than the term native and primitive

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    How the Lives of the Indigenous Changed “Don’t expect anyone to understand your journey‚ especially if they’ve never walked your path.” During the 1600’s Colonist completed a voyage to the new world in which it took them 66 days. Within the time‚ the Colonist managed to interact with the Natives the Colonist showed the Natives many new ways of living‚ including the many different types of tools that were brought along. Although the Colonists did not only introduced new tools and a different living

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